Above: Matt Neale from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons This week in Black art and culture, the focus has been on reparations and well-earned acknowledgements.
Above: Tarriona “Tank” Ball of Tank and the Bangas, in Professional Black Girlairing as part of ‘AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange’
This week in African art and culture has been a rather exciting one, as we have seen stunning works depicting the struggle, and advocating for the rights of women in an exhibition in Lagos, Nigeria.
Miami writer and director Edson Jean’s first feature film, Ludi follows a young Haitian American immigrant who seeks opportunity and prosperity in Miami’s private health sector.
Above: Still from No More Wings by Abraham Adeyemi British filmmaker Abraham Adeyemi has fond memories of his childhood in South London.
The 2021 Sundance Festival was a rabbit hole, a cinematic sensory overload for those seeking solace in isolation. For the first time in the festival’s history, a digital platform replaced the arctic chill and crowds of Park City, Utah, granting a broader viewership access to exclusive programming, live Q&As, daily recaps and virtual party rooms.
This week in Black art and culture, we lost a legend and American cultural icon in Hollywood, Black actors on young adult (YA) movies and TV shows have been actively speaking out against the negative treatment they’ve been receiving on set.Plus, luxury brand Telfar has been receiving kudos from the fashion industry.
Above:Photos courtesy of Bowers/DuVernay/Getty Images/Proudfoot. The new short subject documentary A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION tells the story of virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer Kris Bowers as he tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
This week in Black art and culture, history was made in the United States. We swore in our first female, African American, and Asian American vice president.
The third annual BedStuy Film Festival occurs from October 23 – November 23, 2020, now as a virtual summit. After Launching in 2017, the BedStuy Film Festival (BSFF) has since provided an exciting and unique platform for films from diverse perspectives to be showcased in an atmosphere that nurtures and spotlights emerging indie filmmakers.
